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Employees stand outside the GBI Crime Lab in Macon as the body of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr is escorted back to Americus by Americus police and Georgia State troopers Thursday morning.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

The body of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr is escorted back to Americus from the GBI Crime Lab in Macon by Americus police and Georgia State troopers Thursday morning.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Employees stand outside the GBI Crime Lab in Macon as the body of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr is escorted back to Americus by Americus police and Georgia State troopers Thursday morning.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Employees stand outside the GBI Crime Lab in Macon as the body of Americus police officer Nicholas Smarr is escorted back to Americus by Americus police and Georgia State troopers Thursday morning.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Americus police Chief Mark A. Scott speaks at a press conference at the Griffin Bell Golf Course and Conference Center in Americus after Minquell Lembrick the man wanted for killing an Americus police officer and critically wounding another officer died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Americus police Chief Mark A. Scott speaks at a press conference at the Griffin Bell Golf Course and Conference Center in Americus after Minquell Lembrick, the man wanted for killing an Americus police officer and critically wounding another officer, died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Americus police Chief Mark A. Scott speaks to the media after a press conference at the Griffin Bell Golf Course and Conference Center in Americus after Minquell Lembrick, the man wanted in the killing of an Americus police officer and critically wounding of another officer, died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

An American flag flies at half-staff outside the Griffin Bell Golf Course in Americus, which authorities used as a headquarters during a manhunt for Minquell Lembrick. Lembrick, who was wanted in the killing of an Americus police officer and wounding of another, died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Authorities investigate a home along Allen Street in Americus Thursday afternoon after Minquell Lembrick, the man wanted in the killing an Americus police officer and critically wounding another officer died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Georgia State Patrol officers wait in a convenience store parking lot while authorities investigate a home along Allen Street in Americus Thursday afternoon after Minquell Lembrick, the man wanted in the killing of an Americus police officer and wounding of another officer, died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Authorities investigate a home along Allen Street in Americus Thursday afternoon after Minquell Lembrick, the man wanted in the killing of an Americus police officer and wounding of another, died of a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jason Vorheesjvorhees@macon.com

Nichole BuchananAmericus Times-Recorder

Neighborhood residents being escorted from the area surrounding the crime scene as officers prepare to attempt to make contact with Lembrick on Dec. 8, 2016.
Nichole BuchananAmericus Times-Recorder

Nichole BuchananAmericus Times-Recorder

Nichole BuchananAmericus Times-Recorder

Michael MurrayAmericus Times-Recorder

Heavily-armed units from the Sumter County Sheriff's Office, the GBI, the FBI, and ATF on the scene during the man hunt for Lembrick on Dec. 8, 2016.
Michael MurrayAmericus Times-Recorder